Hegelian abrogation verbs simultaneously mean abandoning and preserving
Evidence
Let us return to the relation between abrogation and Aufhebung. The verbs ablegen (âto removeâ, âto discardâ), aufgehen (âto disappearâ), ablassen (âto leave offâ), weglassen (âto let goâ), also contain this double meaning of suppressing and preserving. Ablegen means âto take offâ, âto lift offâ, âto get rid ofâ, âto cast offâ, but also âto ïŹle awayâ. The moments of the System are at once âleft behindâ and used (âpreservedâ) in the very space they convert for their own use. Aufgeben means on the one hand to abandon, to leave, to mourn; on the other hand to register, to put in, to send off (as one would send something by the post). Each moment mourns (fait le deuil) its uniqueness and renounces its separate and distinct autonomy, thereby both integrating and preserving itself in the totality. â Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1091
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clarifies how the German verbs ablegen/aufgehen/ablassen/weglassen carry the double meaning of suppression-and-preservation that defines abrogation.
- XREF: Connects to the readerâs plasticity work â the conceptual pairing of renunciation and preservation mirrors biological processes where loss (cell death, pruning) is simultaneously generative. â connects to: Hegelian abrogation is sublation working upon itself to achieve freedom â Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,âŠ, 1076; Philosophical propositions dialectically preserve, suppress, and present their cancelled form; Hegelâs aufheben conflates accepting and rejecting the given, hiding real revolt â Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 87 (+2 more)
- recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
Broader Connections
- Philosophical propositions dialectically preserve, suppress, and present their cancelled form
#expands(0.88) - Hegelian abrogation is sublation working upon itself to achieve freedom
#expands(0.82) â Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1076 - Hegelâs aufheben conflates accepting and rejecting the given, hiding real revolt
#complicates(0.78) â Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 87